The Big Tax Return

Poor countries have the riches to help work their own way out of poverty. But it’s multinational companies that are reaping the rewards.

A worldwide culture of financial secrecy allows tax-dodging firms to rob poor countries of more than $160bn a year. The Big Tax Return, is about plugging this leak – and getting poor countries their money back.

Who's your Tax Superhero?

Tax superhero Our tongue-in-cheek Alternative Tax Awards sought to highlight the role the accountancy industry could be playing in helping tackle global tax dodging.

Now, our newest award is a celebration and recognition of the job some individuals, companies and charities are already doing to make the world of tax and finance fairer – and we want your nominations for anyone who has taken a stand against tax dodging and tax secrecy!

Find out more about our Tax Superhero of the Year award

Of course, we also need to make sure the biggest accounting firms – Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers – deliver on their undoubted potential.

Help persuade them. Find out more - and take action now.

Video Alternative Tax Awards

G20: sink the pinstriped pirates

Pinstriped pirates Unscrupulous multinationals are like pirates in suits, removing vast sums from poor countries by disguising their profits, often using offshore tax havens.

The world's poorest communities need financial transparency. Call on chancellor, Alistair Darling, to urge G20 leaders to crack down on tax dodgers when they meet next in February.

Find out more – and take action now.

Missing millions

Following its participation in Christian Aid’s Missing Millions seminar in Edinburgh, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has put a short video of the event on its website.

In it ICAS executive director of technical policy, David Wood, adds his voice to our campaign, saying: 'Companies need to pay the right amount of tax at the right time.'

Video ICAS adds weight to Christian Aid campaign

Report Missing Millions

London: what's your secret?

City skyscrapers The City of London is one of the world's most secretive financial centres. So says the Financial Secrecy Index we have compiled with our friends at the Tax Justice Network.

Our in-depth study is the first ever to try to identify the worst culprits when it comes to providing the kind of financial secrecy that's costing poor countries billions of dollars in unpaid taxes.

The US state of Delaware topped the list, with the City fifth – ahead of such 'usual suspects' as Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and Singapore.

Tax rules are bananas

Our two-part video guide cuts through the jargon to reveal how tax and trade rules work to boost multinationals' profits – and leave the world's poorest countries out of pocket.

Watch our Guide to the Big Tax Return – and get to grips with the issues.

Tax: a theological approach

In The Gospel and the rich: theological views on tax, Paula Clifford, Christian Aid's head of theology, takes a look at how theology informs our perspective on the issue of taxation.